Queen Elizabeth 2 is probably the most famous liner in the world and was one of the last great transatlantic liners. QE2 - as she is more commonly known - was a global ambassador for both Cunard and B
If you could bring back one living being from the whole of the history of time, what would you choose? Comedian and former stem-cell biologist Helen Pilcher has thought about this problem, a lot. In B
Of all the Victorian poets, Edward Lear has a good claim to the widest audience: admired and championed by critics and poets from John Ruskin to John Ashbery, he has also been read, heard, and loved b
After moving into their new home, a keeling-over farmhouse in the country, nine-year-old Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, have trouble adjusting to all the changes. The fresh-from-the-farm egg yolks are b
While playing in the snow on Christmas morning, Daisy and Sam Mouse see an "angel" fall from the sky, and when they share their Christmas treats to help it revive, the goose leaves a special present b
A transcendent first book of essays from the award-winning author of?Open City?and?Every Day Is for the Thief ? Teju Cole is the rare writer whose work can stir conversation among opinion makers?and?b
In The Prague of Charles IV, 1316–1378, Czech professor of art history Jan Royt renders a vivid image of the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom during the High Gothic period, presenting the city in the b
When the Water is Safer than the LandAs Gaddafi clings to power in Libya, Farid and his mother Jamila chance their luck on the hazardous crossing to Sicily. But as they hunker down in a trafficker's b
FLIGHT TO OHIO: FROM SLAVERY TO PASSING TO FREEDOM “Flight to Ohio” begins in 1836, as 21-year-old Tom and his mother Nellie escape slavery on a Virginia plantation. They soon discover that Tom, the b
Join birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma on a ten-week, ten-state bicycle journey as he travels with his son from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lingering and listening to our continent sing as no one has b
This book includes twenty-one stories and a novella that will disturb and delight, from the author of Fight Club. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display. In 'Zombies', the best and b
When she wasn't being shunted from one foster home to the next, Piper Weiss spent the first twelve years of her life in an orphanage. But everything changes when a dark stranger shows up claiming to b
When she wasn't being shunted from one foster home to the next, Piper Weiss spent the first twelve years of her life in an orphanage. But everything changes when a dark stranger shows up claiming to b
From New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken.Reid Emory has never had reason to question his luck with the ladies. As the owner of a lethal set of aqua-b
On April 27, 2011, just days after learning of their pregnancy, B. J. Hollars, his wife, and their future son endured the onslaught of an EF-4 tornado. There, while huddled in a bathtub in their Alaba
In Generation Ecstasy, Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and b
Life on the run is no winter picnic, especially when Aurora’s partner sees himself as the sheriff, not the outlaw. It’s a cat-and-mouse game across the Last Frontier with agents and vampires out for b
Lucy tries to convince Linus to get rid of his beloved blanket in this classic 8x8 storybook based on a favoritePeanuts adventure!Linus’s big sister Lucy thinks it’s time for him to give up his baby b
Wall Writers explores the eruption of graffiti into mainstream society in the period of social turmoil in the late 1960s and early 70s, and takes a closer look not only at early graffiti on the wall b
Susan Sulich takes readers on a trip across New England to explore the top B&Bs and inns. From the Brewster House in Freeport, Maine to the Steamboat Inn in Mystic, Connecticut, the book will
When Winston Churchill wasn’t busy helping make the world safe for democracy, he was most likely painting. He took up the hobby in 1915, finding in it a path out of the crippling depression that had b
Have you ever seen a John Deere tractor? John Deere's farm equipment brand is famous around the world, but it wasn't an easy path to turn his ideas into reality. Readers will love learning the story b
Have you ever seen a John Deere tractor? John Deere's farm equipment brand is famous around the world, but it wasn't an easy path to turn his ideas into reality. Readers will love learning the story b
With a focus on colorful, fun and easy projects, McB and E. B. joined talents to create 9 baby-loving quilts. Splashes of color and appealing prints say 'baby.' Easy-going pre-cuts and panels enable y
Born to a plebeian family in 63 BC, Augustus went on to become the heir to Julius Caesar and the founder of the Roman Empire. In this monumental biography, translated into English for the first time b
Many would argue the 1980s were a better time for truck drivers than nowadays: no mobile phones, less traffic on the road, CB radio was all the rage and stickers were the heart of truck customising. B
The first grade narrator of this book has been lots of things: Hungry. Four years old. Crazy bored. Soaking wet. Pretty regular kid . . . until he makes a mistake so big that he’s sure he will never b
On the brink of World War II, a family forced out of their London home flees to the country. Wolfie and his older sister, Dodo, are devastated to leave behind everything they've ever known, but they b
He charged out of the darkness to her rescue …Amelia Grant has just escaped her lecherous employer with nothing but the clothes on her back. In the predawn hours of London, a horse and carriage come b
From C. J. Box, the New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett novels, comes a thrilling book of suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so welland the dark deeds and impulses that can b
The St. Louis Cardinals are one of baseball’s most storied franchises, and as much a part of St. Louis as Anheuser-Busch and the arch. From Lou Brock to Matt Carpenter, Ozzie Smith to Yadier Molina, B
It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed b
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, "Women in Ministry"? A. Nursery Worker B. Children's leader C. Pastor D. It's complicated If you are like most your answer would be, &
‘I’ve left three notes scattered around the house for my girlfriend. They say “Will”, “You” and “Me”. That will keep her busy whilst I watch the football on TV.’Customer (in bookshop): Do you have a b
Like many famous and great movies, it all began as a book. Frank L. Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz brought Dorothy, Toto, Glinda, and other beloved characters to readers in 1900, and the tale has b
Health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis since the late 1960s. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to b
White dwarfs, each containing about as much mass as our Sun but packed into a volume about the size of Earth, are the endpoints of evolution for most stars. Thousands of these faint objects have now b
David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. Trouble is,
Along with thousands of refugees fleeing the Soviet invasion of Eastern Europe, a young couple and their baby left Lithuania in the summer of 1944. They expected to return home at the end of the war b
This Modern Swahili book is a complete language course that will teach you to be able to speak, write and understand basic Swahili in no time. Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written b
